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kleinbl00  ·  3993 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Scientists say vitamins and minerals are a "waste of money"

    But where the US goes entirely wrong for vitamins, OTC drugs and, most importantly, prescription drugs, is in our unwillingness to regulate their marketing.

Got it in one.

You can blame Reagan for this one. Also for relaxing rules regulating marketing to children. Under Nixon, hospitals were non-profit. Under Reagan, healthcare became the most profitable industry in the United States.